Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by heyoni on Saturday October 19, 2019 @12:32AM
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Sure, except that drosophila are animals and we have a lot more in common with them than you think, especially when looking at more primal systems. Our intrinsic immune system was discovered in fruit flies, look up the Toll pathway.
Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by Razengan on Sunday October 20, 2019 @07:55PM
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> Insects and mammals differ quite a lot.
They can still be merged in teleportation accidents.
Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by ironic_ali on Sunday October 20, 2019 @09:41PM
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Found Jeff Goldblum's account.
Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by close04 on Friday October 18, 2019 @08:35AM
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Given the amount of blue (and every other visible wavelength) light the Sun puts out it seems like evolution should have handled this by now.
Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by philpem on Friday October 18, 2019 @08:38AM
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It more or less has in mammals... though it's kind of swung the other way. Sunlight is required to produce Vitamin D, which it turns out is pretty darn important.
The catch is that most people don't get enough sunlight exposure to produce enough vitamin D.
Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by k__ on Sunday October 20, 2019 @08:06PM
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I read somewhere that getting vitamin D is easier through sunlight than people think.
Re:Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodeg...
by idnefju on Sunday October 20, 2019 @08:09PM
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Of course it also depends on your pigmentation and where you live.
I wouldn’t expect the same results in mammals (or any animals really).